The Mirror Ball Trophy: Living in the House of our God

Last night in Dancing with the Stars,  Meryl and Max won the mirror ball trophy, having competed , over the past three months, against other superb dancers. Their joy was contagious. In today’s responsorial psalm  we pray: “Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord,” to receive the mirror ball trophy of our eternal salvation.  All of us, some longer than others here on earth, have been competing for this prize, a prize secured for us through the death and resurrection of Jesus, our co-competitor, our Warrior God, the Conqueror of evil, the Victorious One.  The good in us will not lose the battle over evil, when, as we are told in today’s Gospel, we remain in Jesus as Jesus remains in us. We will bear much fruit and the only fruit that will last: eternal life with God, the eternal Mirror Ball Trophy.  Our competitor: Satan and his evil ways. Good will win. Evil will be defeated by the one who is our Conqueror, our Warrior, who battles within, beside, around and through us. 

Yes, “let us go rejoicing to the house of our God,” as jubilant and more so than Meryl and Max or any persons who have won a prize for which they have been competing, a prize that is of this earth.  Our prize is of heaven!

Thank you God, for your graciousness, your generosity in securing for us who believe a mirror ball trophy out of this world!